Baja Quesadillas
- Ready In:
- 32mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- vegetable oil cooking spray
- 1 zucchini (medium, cut lengthwise in half, and sliced)
- 1 cup onion, sliced
- 1 teaspoon garlic, minced
- 1 jalapeno chile, minced
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 15 ounces black beans (or 1 1/2 c cooked dry-packaged black beans, rinsed and drained)
- 15 ounces pinto beans (or 1 1/2 c cooked dry-packaged pinto beans, rinsed and drained)
- 1 cup tomatoes, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup cilantro, finely chopped
- salt
- pepper
- 12 tortillas (6 inch)
- 1 c Mexican blend cheese
- sour cream (as garnish)
directions
- Spray large skillet with cooking spray and heat over medium heat until hot.
- Saute zucchini, onion, garlic, jalapeno chili, and cumin until crisp-tender--about 5 minutes.
- Add beans to side of skillet and coarsely mash about half the beans.
- Mix beans, tomato, and cilantro into onion mixture and cook 1 to 2 minutes.
- Spoon 1/3 cup mixture on one side of each tortilla and sprinkle with 1 1/2 tablespoons cheese.
- Fold tortillas in half and spray both sides with cooking spray.
- bake on cookie sheet at 450 until browned and crisp, 5 to 7 minutes, or cook in large skillet over medium heat until browned, 2 to 3 minutes on each side.
- Garnish quesadillas with salsa and sour cream.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
AmyZoe
Nampa, Idaho
I love to try new recipes, and this is a wonderful site to find new additions. I rarely make the same thing twice because it's so much fun to try something different. My life long dream is to travel the world and eat my way around it.